Young adults at NCEA convention live out their faith by teaching

Published: 2008-03-28

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- In his keynote address March 26 at the National Catholic Educational Association's annual convention in Indianapolis, Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., set out a plan for Catholic educators to help their teenage and young adult students embrace the faith. Listening to him were a handful of young adults who have done just that. Twenty-eight-year-old Colleen Keller teaches kindergarten at the Jesuit-run Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, S.D. Keller grew up in a suburb of New York and did undergraduate work at the nearby Fordham University. After graduating, she participated in a two-year teaching program operated by Jesuit-run Loyola University Chicago; the program is called LU-CHOICE (Loyola University Chicago Opportunities in Catholic Education). Keller said what keeps her in Catholic education is her love of Christ, something that Bishop Cupich said was the first thing that Catholic teachers need to pass on to their students.

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